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This book forms one part of a course of elementary chemistry ; the other part is
contained in a companionvolume on Practical Chemistry . The two books are
intended to be used together , the one being complementary to the other ; their
object ...
This book forms one part of a course of elementary chemistry ; the other part is
contained in a companionvolume on Practical Chemistry . The two books are
intended to be used together , the one being complementary to the other ; their
object ...
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A piece of red hot iron was plunged into water contained in a bellshaped glass
vessel ; bubbles of gas rose through the water and collected in the vessel ; this
gas took fire when a lighted taper was brought into it . The water had been
changed ...
A piece of red hot iron was plunged into water contained in a bellshaped glass
vessel ; bubbles of gas rose through the water and collected in the vessel ; this
gas took fire when a lighted taper was brought into it . The water had been
changed ...
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Lavoisier placed 4 oz . of mercury in a glass balloon , the neck of which , drawn
out and bent , passed under mercury and then into the air contained in a bell - jar
; the bell - jar contained 50 cub . inches of air . The mercury was heated nearly to
...
Lavoisier placed 4 oz . of mercury in a glass balloon , the neck of which , drawn
out and bent , passed under mercury and then into the air contained in a bell - jar
; the bell - jar contained 50 cub . inches of air . The mercury was heated nearly to
...
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The hot mercury so interacted with the oxygen contained in the air that there was
produced a kind of matter altogether different from either of the interacting bodies
. 19 Now if all the experiments already described were repeated 17 , 18 ] 13 ...
The hot mercury so interacted with the oxygen contained in the air that there was
produced a kind of matter altogether different from either of the interacting bodies
. 19 Now if all the experiments already described were repeated 17 , 18 ] 13 ...
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Magnesium and iron combined with oxygen contained in the air surrounding
them ; copper combined with sulphur and oxygen obtained from the sulphuric
acid with which it interacted ; tin combined with oxygen obtained from nitric acid :
the ...
Magnesium and iron combined with oxygen contained in the air surrounding
them ; copper combined with sulphur and oxygen obtained from the sulphuric
acid with which it interacted ; tin combined with oxygen obtained from nitric acid :
the ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Elementary Chemistry |
| Authors | Matthew Moncrieff Pattison Muir, Charles Slater |
| Publisher | University Press, 1887 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 17 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 368 pages |
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